Dr. Kara Hamilton of Black Hills Pediatrics joins us this week to provide everything you need to know about ear infections.

Also known as otitis media, a middle ear infection occurs when bacteria or a virus causes inflammation and fluid buildup in the area behind the eardrum. This type of middle ear infection can lead ...

A gooey and somewhat gross friend. Next and last stop, the middle ear. We are now looking at an actual eardrum. The eardrum's a thin piece of skin, and other tissues, stretched tight like a drum.

If a breakdown occurs anywhere along this pathway, it is referred to as a conductive hearing loss. Certain types of ...

Your grand daughter's ear drum may have burst (perforated) as a result of an infection in her middle ear. It is likely that she complained of severe pain in her ear which may have come on very ...

Hansa Bhargava, MD Earaches can be really painful and it's because the fluid behind the eardrum can actually cause pressure on the eardrum that causes a piercing pain. If you've ever sat on flight ...

Most of the time our ear canals clean themselves; as we talk, chew and move our jaws the earwax and skin cells slowly move from the eardrum to the ear opening where it usually dries, and falls out.